Hydrocarbon-oil burner.



no, 639,097. Patented Dec. l2, I899. w. c. SALMON.

HYDROGARBON OIL BURNER.

(Application filed Aug. 8, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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HYDROCARBON-OI L BURNER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 639,097, dated December 12, 1899. Application filed August 8, 1899. Serial No. 726,570. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. SALMON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muskegon, in the county of Muskegon and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Oil Burners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of heating apparatus in which a liquid fuel is employed, which are commonly included under the title of Hydrocarbon-oil burners. It is the purpose of my invention to provide a novel, simple, efficient, and comparatively cheap apparatus that can be used for the cornbustion of petroleum-oil in connection with the fire-chamber of any stove, furnace, or heater constructed for the consumption of coal or wood and by which an intense heat may be generated in a short time and directed to or concentrated at any one or more of the openings or points where heat is required, the consumption of the oil being capable of regulation and complete control and the presence of dangerous conditions being effectually pro: vided against.

It is anotherpurpose of my invention, also, to provide novel and simple means whereby the primary products of combustion, which consist in a large measure of carbon, shall be subjected to a temperature so high as to convert them into gases which burn without producingsmoke or noisome vapors and by which very high temperatures can be produced with as economical consumption of fuel as in heaters that burn coal or wood.

It is a further purpose of my saidinvention to provide a heating apparatus capable of use for all the various operations of cooking, as well as for general heating purposes, either in connection with furnaces for heating the interior of buildings or for steam-generation.

Finally, I aim to provide by my present invention an oil-burner capable of being knocked down or separated into its component parts to enable it to be packed for transout entailing the necessity of purchasing the complete apparatus anew.

My invention also comprises other novel and useful features, which will be fully described hereinafter and then particularly pointed out and defined in the claims.

For the purposes of the following descrip tion reference will be had to the accompany ing drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hydrocarbon-oil burner constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section showing the oil-cup, vapor-generating coil, vapor-burner proper, and a portion of the bottom plate of the heater body or frame of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the oil-tank from which oil is taken to support combustion. Fig. 4 is a detail section showing a portion of two of" the draft-plates and the arrangement of their openings for circulation.

The reference-numeral l in said drawings indicates the bottom plate; 2, the end plates; 3, the top plate, and i and 5 the front and rear plates. These parts constitute the hollow rectangular heater body or frame of the apparatus. The bottom, top, and end plates are detachably connected together by screws, bolts, tie-rods, or other suitable fastenings, which render said parts susceptible of being readily assembled together or separated and packed in a small space for storage or transportation. The front and rear plates have slots 6 in their margins to detachably engage hooks 7, formed on the vertical edges of the end plates. In each plate 4 and 5 are formed openings 8, near the lower edge and parallel with it, adamper-plate 9 being arranged to slide over said openings upon each plate. The ends of said dampers are provided with hooks 10 to enable them to be manipulated by an ordinary poker.

Within the heater body or frame are arranged a series of plates 12, having angular ribs 13 on their ends, adapted to engage transverse lugs 14 on the end plates 2. At suitable intervals these plates have openings 15, those in one plate alternating with those in the adjacent plates.

In the top plate of the heater body or frame are formed one or more openings 16, which are so placed as to coincide with the openings ICC in the top of the stove or with any other point unconsumed products of combustion, into or points where it is desired to concentrate the heat. Damper-plates 17 are provided to slide either wholly or partly over these openings and out off the heat, either in part or wholly.

Oil is supplied from a reservoir 18 by a pipe 21, passing through the bottom plate 1 and the lower end of a funnel-shaped oil-cup 20, in which the pipe rises to a point above the top edge of the cup. The upper end of the pipe 21 is provided with a vapor-burner 21 of any known or desired construction suitable for the purpose in hand. The pipe 19 also passes through the bottom plate 1 and is carried upward until it can be coiled around the burner-carrying pipe 21 within the oil-cup, as at 22. The end of the coiled part of the pipe 19 opens into the cup, and ata suitable point outside the heater body or frame this pipe is provided with a Valve 19 to regulate the flow of oil to the coil 22 and into the oilcup. The pipe 19 may be supplied with oil in any suitable manner as, for example, by connecting it at any proper point with the pipe 2l,that leads from the oil-tank to the burner. The oil first delivered to the cup is for the purpose of starting the vapor-burner, the heat imparted to the coil 22 and the vertical part of the pipe 21 within the cup serving to generate vapor from the oil to supply the vapor-burner 21. The oil for supplying this burner after the vaporization is initiated flows through the pipe 21 from the reservoir 18. The coil 22 may also serve to generate vapor after the first supply to the oil-cup is consumed and effects the initial vaporization of the oil within that part of the pipe 21 which lies Within the oil-cup, and the vapor from the coil can be burned as it issues from the lower open end of the coil,thus insuringa thorough and perfect vaporization of oil in that part of the burner-carrying pipe which is surrounded by the coil. The reservoir 18 is provided with a vertically-movable gasometercylinder 23, in the top of which is arranged a small check-valve 24:, which opens and admits air when the cylinder is raised. The top of the cylinder carries a weight 23, composed of several parts or disks on a vertical stem 23*, and one or more of which can be removed or replaced to vary the weight-pressu re on the cylinder 23, and thereby vary the pressure on the oil in the tank to decrease or increase the pressure at which the oil is fed through the oil-pipe 21 to the vapor-burner 21.

The apparatus comprising the heater body or frame and other parts described and shown is placed in a fire-chamber,which may be lined with asbestos, fire-brick, or other refractory material, and sufficient oil is admitted to the cup 20 to produce by its combustion the requisite degree of initial heat. When the vapor-burner 21 is in operation, the plates 12 become quickly heated to such a degree that the unconsumed carbon that comes in contact with them is converted, as are also other gases which burn readily and without smoke or odors.

By drawing back either damper-plate in the top plate the combustion and generation of heat may be concentrated at either or both of the openings 16. The damper-plates 9 are provided to regulate the volume of air supplied to the vapor-burner 21.

The apparatus constructed as hereinbefore described is susceptible of being knocked down, to pack the parts in a small space for transportation or storage, by simply unhooking the front and rear plates 4 and 5 from the hooks 7, removing the horizontal plates 12, separating the bottom, end, and top plates 1, 2, and 3, and disconnecting the pipes at some suitable point outside the heater body or frame.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A knockdown oil-burner, consisting of a body or frame comprising detachably-connected bottom, top and end and front and rear plates,--the top and front and rear plates having dampers, a series of horizontal, perforated plates detachably mounted, one above another, within the body or frame, a vaporburner within said body or frame below the perforated plates, and an oil-pipe connected with said vapor-burner, substantially as described.

2. An oil-burner, consisting of a body or frame comprising separable bottom, top and end and front and rear plates, upper and lower dampers which,respeetively,control the escape of heat from and the inlet of air to the body or frame, and a plurality of horizontal removable and replaceable division-plates arranged one above another and each con structed with numerous openings, a vapor burner supported in said body or frame below division-plates, and an oil-supply pipe entering the bottom of the body or frame, substantially as described.

3. An oil-burner, consisting of a body or frame, comprising separably-connected bottom, top and end plates, the latter having projecting hooks on their edges, front and rear plates having slots at their margins detachably engaged with said hooks, and a series of interior division-plates arranged one above another, detachably hooked at their ends in engagement with said end plates and each constructed with numerous perforations, a vapor-burner supported under the lowermost division-plate, an oil-feed pipe extending into the body or frame and connected with said vapor-burner, and a vapor-generator, substantially as described.

4:. An oil-burner,consisting ofahollow body or frame having an air-inlet at its bottom portion and a heat-outlet at its top portion, a plurality of perforated division-plates arranged one above another within said hollow body or frame, an oil-cup supported under the division-plates, an oil-pipe extending through the oil-cup, and provided with a vapor-burner, and an oil-pipe having its inner end portion arranged within the oil-cup and opening thereinto, substantially as described.

5. An oil-burner,consisting of a hollow body or frame having an air-inlet at its bottom portion and a heat-outlet at its top portion, a plurality of perforated division-plates arranged one above another in said body or frame, an oil-cup supported under the division-plates, an oil-pipe extending through said oil-cup and provided with a vapor-burner, and an oilpipe coiled around the pipe within the oil-cup and opening into the latter, substantially as described.

6. An oil-burner,consisting of ahollow body 7. An oil-b u rner,consisting of a hollow body or frame having an air-inlet at its bottom portion and a heat-outlet at its top portion, a plu rality of perforated division-plates arranged .one above another in said body or frame, a

vapor-burner supported under the lowermost division-plate, an oil-reservoir, an oil-feed pipe connected with the vapor-burner, and means for varying the pressure of the oil supplied through said oil-feed pipe, substantially as described.

8. An oil-burner,consisting of a hollow body or frame having an air-inlet in its lower portion and a heat-outlet in its upper portion, an oil-cup supported within said body or frame, an oil-supply pipe extending through the oilcup and provided at its upper end with a vapor-burner, and an oiL-supply pipe coiled Within said cup below the vapor-burner and about the oil supply pipe carrying said vaporburner, and opening into the cup to deliver oil thereinto, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- DGSSBS.

WILLIAM G. SALMON. Witnesses:

L. MACCARTHY, D. J. HEMLOCK. 

